Price chart for gasoline pump bowls



May 12, 1931. .1. MoRAsKY PRICE CHART FOR GASOLINE PUK? BOWLS FiledApril 12, 1930 nvcnlor A llorney Patented May 12,' 1931 JOSEIH-MORA'SKY,0F .'BRODHEAD, COLORADO vPRICE CHART F01@ GASOLINE PUMP BOWLSApplication led April 12,

This invention relates broadly to gasoline pump bowls, and the primaryobject of this invention is to provide a price chart to be used inconjunction with the graduated scales usually formed on the bowls forindicating the total cost of they number of gallons or fractions of agallon of gasoline vended, the chart being predicated upon t-he knownprice of the gasoline per gallon.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a price chart ofthe character mentioned which may be readily and easily applied to thepump bowls without altering the construction ofthe bowl.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring a study of the following description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevational viewof a conventional type of gasoline .pump bowl showing one form of mychart used inconjunction therewith.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical fragmentary detail sectional Viewtaken through the bowl for more clearly illustrating the manner ofsecuring the cha-rt thereto.

Fig. 3 is afragme-ntary plan view of a modified price chart.

"W ith reference more in detail to the drawing, it will be seen that Ihave designated a conventional type of gasoline bowl for gasolinevending pumps, such as used in service stations bythe referencelcharacter B. The" bowl is of conventional construction, and a detailconstruction thereof is thought unnecessary.

As is conventional with these types of gasoline bowls, the same isprovided on the peripheral wall thereof with a suitable scale S forindicating the number of gallons ofA gasoline being vended from thebowl.

Of course, it is to be understood that the peripheral wall of the bowlsis formed from transparent material such as glass, or the like as isconventional.

One form of chart embodying the features `of the present invention isdesignated generally by the reference character C. The chart is formedfrom any suitable material such as 1930. Serial No. 443,766.

the bottom of the chart the graduations 6 increasin(r by one, and thegraduations 7 increasing by two.

This form of chart is especially adapted for use when gasoline does notexceed in price twenty cents per gallon, and in this instance when theprice of the gasoline is such as to be` divisible by two, the price ofany fraction-of 'a gallon may be readily ascertained from the pricescale including the graduations 7 ,Vas for example, if gasoline beeighteen cents per gallon, it will be readily apparent that the price oftwo gallons is thirty-six cents, and in this instance, it will be notedthat the numeral 36 of the graduations 7 is directly opposite thenumeral 2 of the scale S on the bowl.

At the opposite longitudinal edges of the chart is provided the scales 6and 7 respectively. The scales 6 and 7 are graduated in fractions forindicating the fractions of gallons of gasoline, and the scale 7 may beread against the graduations 7 and the scale 6 read against thegraduations 6, so that for example, if gasoline be eighteen cents per'gallon and a gallon and a half of gasoline is purchased, by readilyviewing scale 7 and 7 it will be seen that the total cost of thepurchase istwenty-seven cents.

The manner of use of the scale is thought obvious, and a furtherdescription thereof is believed to be unnecessary. I

For retaining the chart in position on the bowl, I provide upper andlower retaining bands 8 and 9, which bands may be of any suitablematerial, that are disposed circumjacent the peripheral walls of thebowl at the top and bottom thereof to extend transversely of the chart Band at the top and bottom of the chart, for securing the same in ositionas is readily apparent.

n that form of chart shown fragmentarily and in plan in Fig. 3, it willbe seen that the chart is formed from a single elongated strip of metalor any other suitable material and the chart therein is designatedgenerally by the reference character C.

On one edge, the chart C is provided with a scale or graduation 6a, thegraduations increasing by one from the top to the bottom of the scale,while adjacent its opposite longitudinal edge, there is provided on thechart C a scale or graduation 6b for indicating the fractions of agallon and adapted to be read against the graduations 6a.

The chart C is secured to the bowl B through the medium of the rings 8and 9, to one side of the scale S on the bowl to be read against saidscale S, and this form of chart can be only used where vthe price of gasis less than twenty cents per gallon, while the first form of chart maybe used when gas sells higher or lower than twenty cents per gallon, asis apparent.

Y It is thought that from the foregoing dec scription, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, a clear understanding of theoperation and construction and advantages of a price chart of thischaracter, will be had by those skilled in the art without a moredetailed description.

' Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodimentof my invention, it is to be understood/that the same is susceptible ofchanges fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as hereindescribed, and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is Incombination with a gasoline pump having a visible dispensing cylinderupon which indicia are placed indicating a number of gallons of liquidin the dispensing cylinder, a price gage placed in contact with thecylinder and comprising an elongated strip provided with a longitudinalsight slot, through which the indicia are visible, said strip on eachside of said sight slot and adjacent to -t-he side walls thereofprovided with scales including a series ot indications representingcents, the strip being provided adjacent to its side edges with a secondseries of indi cations representing fractions of a gallon, and annularclamping bands placed about the cylinders and the opposite ends of the`strips for holding the same in place on the cylinder'.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

JOSEPH MoRAsKY.

